Supporting and Protecting Women and Girls

Date: 23 September 2017

Time: 09:00 - 17:30

The General Council of the Bar
289 - 293 High Holborn
London WC1V 7HZ

The Bar Council of England and Wales has
been invited to participate in an exciting European wide project to
train lawyers on violence against women, particularly how women can
be supported in cases of gender violence. Each participating
country will select an area of Violence against Women
(VAW).

Our seminar will focus on forced marriage,
honour-based abuse and FGM which continue to remain
an issue for England and Wales. The victim specific issues
associated with this form of offending do pose a challenge for law
enforcement and case presentation in court.

A key outcome of the project is a manual of good practice which
will detail the national law applicable to cases of VAW and the
specific good practice in each jurisdiction participating in the
project.

This seminar carries 5.5 CPD and is
subjected to a registration fee:

£110 + VAT for barristers under 7 years of practice

£130 + VAT for barristers over 7 years of practice

The seminar is aimed at training 30
domestic lawyers on the issues of Violence against Women - 15
attendees from London area and 15 from the circuits.